WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THIS JESUS YOU HAVE FOUND

Jy weet seker by nou al dat Paulus my groot mens held in die Bybel is.

Wel toe ek die e-mail lees kon ek nie anders as om dit vir jou ook te stuur nie en toe ek weer sien

wat hy aan daardie mense op hierdie spesifieke geleentheid verkondig en verduidelik het, kon ek

ook nie anders as om te onthou wat hy ook op 'n ander geleentheid gesê het nie.

Toe kon ek nie anders, as om weer op nuut so dankbaar te wees dat ons Here vir 'n gewone mens

soos ek hierdie groot waarheid oop gemaak het nie.

 

1KOR 1:18
Want die woord van die kruis is wel dwaasheid vir die wat verlore gaan, maar vir ons wat

gered word, is dit die krag van God;

1KOR 1:19
want daar is geskrywe: Ek sal die wysheid van die wyse mense vernietig en die verstand van die verstandige mense tot niet maak.

1KOR 1:20
Waar bly die wyse? Waar bly die skrifgeleerde? Waar die redetwister van hierdie eeu? Het

God nie die wysheid van hierdie wêreld dwaas gemaak nie?

1KOR 1:21
Want aangesien in die wysheid van God die wêreld deur die wysheid God nie geken het nie,het dit God behaag om deur die dwaasheid van die prediking die wat glo, te red;

1KOR 1:22
want die Jode vra 'n teken en die Grieke soek wysheid,

1KOR 1:23
maar ons verkondig Christus wat gekruisig is, 'n struikelblok vir die Jode en dwaasheid vir

die Grieke;

1KOR 1:24
maar vir die wat geroep is, Jode sowel as Grieke: Christus, die krag van God en die wysheid van God.

1KOR 1:25
Want wat dwaas is by God, is wyser as die mense; en wat swak is by God, is sterker as die

mense.

 

"And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring." Acts 17:26 - 28

 

There he was, standing in the middle of a hostile crowd. No one believed what he was saying. No one expected to hear anything sensible from him. Everyone knew more than he did – everyone.

Still, he continued in exactly the same manner that he always did. A bit brash, a bit humble, a bit arrogant, a bit extravagant, a bit extreme. That was Indiana Jones. If you know Jones, you know that he always managed to bungle into some outrageous situation and just as bunglingly made his way out of it.

 

Paul was no Indiana Jones. He stood before the learned Greek philosophers on their own territory, He was confident of what he was doing. He never bungled – never. In the midst of these hostile intellectuals, Paul stood firm, argued the facts of the Gospel using their own language... and their own literature... to prove that there is but one God and He is the Father of all. Paul didn't back down.

 

He spoke of the creation and the God who set the universe in motion. He spoke of a God who did not abandon man to his own devices. He spoke of a God who knew the sinful plight of mankind... and never thought of turning His back on His finest creation. However, Paul also spoke of a God who set boundaries... times and seasons... and announced that "this is the time" and that the window of opportunity might close.

 

He spoke of a people who were "groping" for that One God... searching in all the wrong places, and finding nothing but futility and despair. He spoke of a people who, if they kept groping, would find that the feet of the Father were nearby and could be grasped. He spoke of a Father who was so big that the people lived in Him, moved in Him, and had their being in Him. Yet, that God was so personal that

He could dwell within them... if they allowed Him too.

 

And the scoffers scoffed; the philosophers laughed; and fools heckled. But Paul preached on, undaunted, unafraid, thoroughly convinced of the Truth he preached. And a few believed, some wanted to hear more.. and Paul secured a victory in the midst of the enemy's camp.

 

So you have responded to the call. You have sought. You have found. What will you do with this Jesus? Will you take Him for granted, calling upon Him when times get rough?

Will you accept Him as a regular fixture in the temple of your heart... but place Him on a pedestal to be viewed and appreciated on special days? Will you use Him as your personal prophet, seeking His advice when you need answers, going your own way when you "know what you want"? Or will you take Him as the Son of God?

Will you let Him be the one who sits on the throne in your temple? Will you follow Him wherever He leads you... across the street or around the world?

What will you do with this Jesus you have found? Amen.

 

Judas 1:24-25
Aan Hom nou wat magtig is om julle vir struikeling

te bewaar en julle sonder gebrek voor sy heerlikheid te stel met gejuig,

25.
aan die alleenwyse God, ons Verlosser, kom toe heerlikheid en

majesteit ,en krag en mag, nou tot in alle ewigheid! Amen.

 

Groete

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